The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 20 July.
Medalists Gold Leslie Djhone Silver Timothy Benjamin Bronze Rafał Wieruszewski
Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Leslie Djhone 45.04 CR Timothy Benjamin 45.86 Rafał Wieruszewski 45.87 4 Aliaksandr Yelistratau 46.11 5 Volodymyr Demchenko 46.14 6 David McCarthy 46.26 7 Bastian Swillims 46.91 8 Xavier de Baerdemaeker 47.56
Heats 18 July Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Leslie Djhone 45.54 Q 2 David McCarthy 46.05 Q 3 Sebastian Gatzka 46.70 4 Daniel Dąbrowski 47.11 5 Dmitriy Petrov 47.13 6 Allan Stuart 47.23 7 Myhaylo Knysh 47.53 8 Nikolai Portelli 48.77
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Volodymyr Demchenko 46.05 Q 2 Aliaksandr Yelistratau 46.21 Q 3 Xavier de Baerdemaeker 46.37 q 4 Kacper Skalski 46.69 5 Andrey Polukeyev 46.74 6 Stefano Aguzzi 47.03 7 Nicolas Lefebvre 47.19 8 David Gillick 47.67
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Timothy Benjamin 45.71 Q 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 45.90 Q 3 Bastian Swillims 46.26 q 4 Dmitrijs Milkevics 46.44 5 Jan Mazanec 46.62 6 Daniel Ruiz 47.31 7 Brice Panel 47.33 8 Thomas Nikitin 47.47
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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